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  • MAYA MEETS MAYA

    MAYA MEETS MAYA

    This story is a part of an anthology.  Buy My Book The Tales and Musings of a Small Town Girl – Click Here.   The first day I met Mrs. Maya was also the first day I felt pure hatred for my name. I’m no psychologist, but its subconscious human nature I guess. If we share a name with Read more

  • LINE OF CONTROL

    LINE OF CONTROL

    This story is a part of an anthology.  Buy My Book The Tales and Musings of a Small Town Girl – Click Here.   The lightening that struck occasionally was the only source of illumination we had to form a mental strategy of how we were going to proceed. It was a fairly rugged terrain with the cold and Read more

  • FALSE REALITIES

    Dear person who said Everything-Happens-For-A-Reason, What drugs were you on? Sincerely, Lost-Girl. I’m not usually this pessimistic, but pardon me; there is always some random crap in everyone’s existence that we just can’t explain. Why do certain episodes in life take up an evil turn without a happy ending to anticipate? I mean, is reason, Read more

  • Bathophobically Brave

     Summer, 2001 “It’s nothing really.” I heard my cousin beg. “Get on the boat. It’ll be fun.” “Don’t force me. You go! ” There was no way I was getting on that thing. “It won’t be fun without you.” She continued to plead. “Please?” Anyone who has been to the Kodaikanal Lake would identify it Read more

  • STARDUST

    STARDUST

    This story is a part of an anthology.  Buy My Book The Tales and Musings of a Small Town Girl – Click Here.   – Unlike most kids, Akash had a lucid first memory of his Grandpa. He was nine years old when their grandfather first visited him. A very long family feud had kept him away from his Read more

  • PURPLE CARNATIONS – A SHORT STORY

    PURPLE CARNATIONS – A SHORT STORY

    This story is a part of an anthology.  Buy My Book The Tales and Musings of a Small Town Girl – Click Here.   – December 9, 2013 The haze cleared and she saw the cluster of fine-looking purple carnations hanging from the balcony of her old class room. She parked her car outside the main gate and she Read more

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